The Gruffalo – A Children’s Opera by Iván Fischer
Further dates
- Oct. 17, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
- Oct. 17, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Oct. 18, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
- Oct. 18, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Nov. 7, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
- Nov. 7, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Nov. 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
- Jan. 2, 2027, 2:30 p.m.
- Jan. 2, 2027, 4:30 p.m.
- Jan. 3, 2027, 2:30 p.m.
- Jan. 3, 2027, 4:30 p.m.
Program
Iván Fischer
The Gruffalo
Text and pictures by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Featuring
Other information
The event is about 1.0 hours long.
About the event
Iván Fischer was requested by the Berlin Konzerthaus to compose an opera for children based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s world-famous picture book, The Gruffalo. The humorous opera now premieres in Hungary in translation by Ádám Nádasdy. The production is recommended for children between the ages of 3 and 10.
The opera follows the adventures of a clever little mouse who, while strolling through the forest, meets a fox, an owl, and a snake, all eager to eat him. To escape, he invents a fearsome creature called the Gruffalo, with terrible claws, terrible tusks, and, believe it or not, a particular taste for foxes, owls, and snakes. The trick works, until, quite out of the blue, a real Gruffalo appears, so our clever mouse must outsmart him, too.
After the performance, members of the audience who are brave enough will have a chance to take a picture with the Gruffalo and the other characters of this delightfully fanciful tale.
